Does anyone know if there is any restriction on how much liquid you can drink. I came back to work today and have been drinking herbal tea but I am wonderign whether I am OK to just drink it as I used to or whether I should be sipping it. I am 7 days post band but I would hate to stretch my pouch with tea!!!

I would sip it more slowly than you did in the past. As long as it's going in slowly, it'll slide right through.

Congrats on your first day back! The worst is behind you...

I think you'll be fine. It would be hard to get enough liquid pressure built up to stretch your pouch (hubby's an engineer--does it show?!?!). If I drink too quickly I can feel the liquid sitting in my esophagus on top of my pouch, not in it.

Of all the things you COULD be tempted with, I think you're safe with herbal tea! I was never much for hot tea before surgery but I'm addicted now. I actually look forward to my 0-calorie afternoon treat, bending my daily routine around my "cuppa". Whodathunk?!?!

I have only just been able to face any food at all. I dont know if it is my imagination but I feel the pouch filling up after very little yoghurt or tea. I had thought that these woudl just pass straight through, but I guess they take a while. I think that gas is a problem as well still. I am terrified of causing a blockage or stretching the pouch.

It sure takes some getting used to..

You sound like me! It took me a week to get up to 500 calories a day, and I

never went through bandster hell. I wasn't even excited about my first fill--I was afraid it would change things, and I was perfectly happy!

Here's wishing you the same success...